Chibok girls: Don’t be intimidated, Dabiri-Erewa tells activists

MEMBER of House of Representatives, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged the advocates of Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign not to be intimidated into forsaking their mission to pressure the federal government until the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram on April 14 are rescued.

She said this at the Speech and Graduation programme of King’s College, Lagos where she was guest speaker.

The lawmaker said it is important Nigerians speak out on the matter until results are achieved.

“People behind the ‘Bring Back Our Girl’s campaign should not be intimidated. They should not succumb to blackmail. No matter what is said about their campaign, we must support them. Without this motivation, may be those girls would just end up away.

“The girls ought to be graduating now but they cannot. I don’t want to imagine what must have happened to them,” she said.

Responding to the speech of the school’s principal, Otunba Dele Olapeju, in which he said only N3.9million of the N75.6 million appropriated to the college by the federal government for 2014 has so far been released, Dabiri-Erewa lamented that the federal government is toying with education.

“We have appropriated the money. What is the problem? Where is the money going to? Why is it not being released?” she asked.